She glanced down at the tentacles sprouting from her hands. Even a demon like herself seemed to be corrupted and infected by the power of Cthulhu, let alone these busy farmers... Jin Xiuer knew that after tonight's work, they would probably be ruled by the power of Cthulhu.
This force is absolutely no less powerful than the devil's cult; it might even be stronger!
"The Cthulhu pantheon... what an incredibly bizarre and terrifying power."
"All the inhabitants have mutated."
"And what about the Empire's artillery? It seems like things are changing too?"
Meanwhile, Su Yue also came across the news in his lord's log.
Lord's Log: "A small number of Imperial rebels, along with 'Barayamakan,' witnessed the projection of the evil god Dagon of Cthulhu. Their Sanity has decreased, their morale has collapsed, and 12 Tier 5 Imperial soldiers have surrendered to you."
"The power of the Cthulhu pantheon has permeated your territory. The 'Barayamakan' farmers are undergoing an erosion and mutation. Your 1,692 farmers have been promoted to: Tier 2 Farmers (Innsmouth, Deep One Mutant Bloodline)."
"Holy crap?!"
Su Yue stared at the lord's log in utter shock.
Nearly two thousand farmers collectively advanced?
What does this mean?
The Cthulhu pantheon had been completely silent until suddenly something big happened.
He glanced at the stunningly beautiful young woman, Europa, standing beside him. The archangel before him was looking at her husband and "the culprit who caused her to fall into the mortal world and be unable to return to heaven" with astonishment, her eyes filled with love and joy.
"Europa, where are our artillery units now?"
"Reporting to the lord, they have arrived at the 'Balayamakan' mudflats."
Lord's Log: "Your Tier 5 Imperial Artillery has been affected by the projection of the evil god Dagon from the 'Esoteric Order of Dagon'. Four Tier 5 Imperial Artillerymen have been promoted to Tier 6 Deepsea Marine Heavy Gunners!"
"!!!"
Four Tier 6 artillery units!?
Su Yue immediately consulted the relevant materials.
Lord's Log: "Your Tier 5 Imperial Cannon has been upgraded to Tier 6 Innsmouth Vine Defensive Cannon along with your unit!"
"Holy crap!!!"
Su Yue couldn't afford to lose his composure... These were artillery pieces!
Special forces!
Cannons are no different from catapults; they both benefit from the enhancement of his intermediate ballistics technique!
To put it bluntly, every single one of these artillerymen was a treasure of the Soviet Union and Yue. They were similar to catapults, but the main asset wasn't the men, but the cannons!
Tier 6 Innsmouth Vine Defense Cannon?
"Leaving aside its power, just hearing the name sounds amazing!"
"..."
Europa said, "The Imperial artillery has already landed on the three-masted, oar-bottomed ships (Tier 4)."
"Very good, I will launch a pincer attack and bombard the Empire's rebel elite troops!!"
Su Yue understood that the empire's core cavalry, and even the more than 100 knights of the fifth and sixth tier vanguard squires, were all engaged in siege warfare against Canaan's territory on the right flank.
"Every second counts. I want to see whether you breach the walls of my Canaan first, or we complete our encirclement and annihilation of you in an arc first!"
The art of surprise attack has been the foremost secret among warlords since ancient times.
Whether waiting for the enemy to be trapped in a U-shaped formation and attacked from multiple sides, or actively creating conditions for a pincer attack, a high kill ratio can be achieved. In his previous life, Su Yue, when playing Total War, knew the importance of cavalry raids and flanking attacks to form an encirclement.
A two-sided attack would cause the enemy's morale to decline rapidly, and the enemy would collapse on three sides. If there were flanking maneuvers and attacks from all four sides, it would not take long for them to be defeated and flee, unless they were undead or evil creatures whose morale was not affected.
The empire's army, composed of "poor people," was like a group of refugees and newly rich people, with many indulging in extravagance and debauchery. There was a lack of trust between the shepherds and soldiers, giving Su Yue the feeling that it was like glue lacking adhesive.
It looks huge, but in reality, if you shake it slightly and put it under pressure, the "adhesive" inside will come off and break into pieces.
“My troops are different. They are a monolithic force that cannot be broken apart no matter how you try to divide them.”
The unbreakable power of the Divine Lord, 100% absolute loyalty, plus the various territorial buffs from Su Yue, the 35% attack power boost from the old emperor's "Soldier King" title, Su Yue's 40 strength bonus for double attack, the morale boost from the artifact Arachne, and Su Yue's own lord morale boost...
Too many factors have led to Canaan presenting itself in this monolithic state and picture!
Thus, on the right flank of the battlefield, a scene unfolded that gave Commander Webo Jan Draghimir a tremendous headache!
"Didn't our catapults launch an attack? Why haven't we seen any riots or routs on their city walls?"
"Even if this were an attack on one of the empire's key border towns, wouldn't there inevitably be mutiny and unrest?!"
He had clearly concentrated a large number of catapults and was launching a fierce attack on the right flank!
But surprisingly, the walls of the Canaanite territory did not collapse (visibility was limited at night), which was one thing, but why did no riots break out during the soldiers' time?
Webo Jan Draghimir looked towards the city walls!
Numerous siege ladders were seen atop the city walls, and the Canaanite army, as solid as steel, held firm against the imperial soldiers attacking from those ladders.
He witnessed firsthand a fifth-tier Imperial Demigrira Guard, fully armed, scaling the city wall! Although he managed to carve out seven steps of space and distance, this resulted in a dense swarm of Imperial soldiers rushing forward!
However, the soldiers of the Canaanite baronies, the native lord, soon began to replenish their ranks like an inexhaustible spring, flowing from the towers and the nearby reinforcements.
Moreover, his expression remained cold and serious.
It was as if they themselves weren't the ones dying or injured! Many of these eerie creatures, even in their dying moments, left behind a cruel smile: "Long live Canaan..."
Then it charged forward fiercely, biting the shoulder of an Imperial soldier, and together with him, using the momentum and impact, plummeted below the city wall, smashing to pieces!
"That's insane!!"
Webb Jan Dragimir stared in utter shock at the hellish siege battle. "Their only weakness is aerial combat, but... but they even have a seventh-tier mutated griffin leader in their aerial combat?! How could this be?!"
The Soth Griffins and the 15+ Great Griffins of the Canaanite Territory are engaged in guerrilla warfare and skirmishes with the Empire's Pegasus and Griffin troops in mid-air. They can attack the Canaanite troops on the city walls, but a large number of archers and javelin throwers are aiming at the troops in the air. Once they get close to the enemy's range, they will be targeted by concentrated fire!
Unable to break through from the front, the aerial forces returned empty-handed. Many cavalrymen riding griffins, including a sixth-tier griffin knight named Al, crossed the frontal siege line of Canaan, leading a squad of three griffins in an attempt to break through the cavalry's limitations and territory.
Infiltrate Canaanite towns to carry out sabotage and attacks!
But when they entered the interior of Canaanite territory and charged towards the temples of the gods…!
He never came back.
"What happened?! Where is the commander of the Griffin Squad?!"
"We don't know, it seems Lord Al died in the Canaanite territory!"
"..."
"The sixth-tier leader has disappeared..."
Lyudmila Emas, the adjutant beside Webo Jan Draghimir, was shocked to receive the news and exclaimed, "My lord... our left flank has completely collapsed!"
"What?!!"
Lyudmila Emas spoke rapidly: "High-ranking Imperial artillery has appeared on a tributary of the riverbank in the flank, on a tributary behind us!!!"
"!!!"
"boom!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!!"
Before Webo Jan Draghimir could react, he was engulfed in flames and heat. Huge metal lead bullets and gunpowder exploded around him, creating small mushroom clouds of smoke.
"!!!"
"Aaaaaah!"
Rick's guards beside him were thrown into chaos. The smoke and artillery fire did not cause too many horrific casualties... but the blow to morale was fatal!
He could feel the distrustful looks around him and said, "Find them and destroy their artillery positions immediately!!"
"My lord...we can't attack them?"
Where are their artillery positions? Why can't we attack them?
"..."
Lyudmila Emas pointed to the distance and said, "Their artillery positions are right on the ship!!"
"On the ship?!"
...
The Canaanite Tier 6 Deepsea Marine Heavy Gunner rotated the breech cover of the cannon with his right hand, loaded a shell, and then aimed the data. "Boom!!!"
The deafening roar of artillery fire, mixed with a plume of gray smoke, enveloped the face of the semi-mutated Imperial artilleryman, who possessed monstrous genetic traits. The veins on his face displayed two distinctly different qualities and colors: black and gold!
The other Tier 5 Imperial gunners beside them had also been infected and were being corrupted by the power of the Cthulhu pantheon. However, the three-tiered mast ship (Tier 4) beneath their feet was being shaken back and forth and sideways in the water by the recoil of the nine cannons!
"boom!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The imperial soldiers looked at each other across the riverbank, but they were unable to cross the river at all. Even if they could get on the water, the three-masted boats could escape at any time!
"Our deck has cracked and is being repaired. Tell those imperial artillerymen to stop; their cannons are firing too hard!"
"They can't stop! They're besieging the left wing of the Imperial rebels... Every shot turns dozens of corpses into a bloody mess, black and still smoking. It's fucking awesome..."
Listening to Bai Yue and Zheng Xiaoyin's conversation, Gu Yu sighed helplessly, "Stop talking, I feel like our little boat is about to capsize!"
"Su Yue's boss is too damn powerful! A sixth-tier imperial artilleryman, with unique mutated features of marine algae on his face. If this ship didn't look so ordinary, I would have thought it was a ghost ship!"
"This ship is also very dark, it doesn't feel like a human vessel. I guess it's a high elf ship, only high elves would cover their ships with these magical patterns..."
Gu Yu said, "They are not high elves, but dark elves."
"What?"
Gu Yu said, "This ship was captured from the Dark Elf pirates!! Can you guys stop talking nonsense? The boss sent us here for resupply, not for you to chat and gossip!"
"Okay, okay, I'll fix it right away!! I'll fix it right away!"
The reason for letting the three of them board the ship is that Bai Yue, a player from the Chaos race, has a lord talent called "Repairer B-level talent: You can repair all buildings, ships, and strategic machinery, and the repair speed is increased by 30%".
Zheng Xiaoyin's race is mermaid, and his lord talent is a C-level amphibious lord. Aquatic creatures have a +15% combat power on land. He is a naval combat type lord player, which is quite rare in the world of Turin!
So the two were dispatched here. Since they didn't know anyone there, Su Yue asked Gu Yu to look after his precious imperial artillery!
Existing as a covert supporter!
Bai Yue's talent was exceptional, so Zhou Zhuo sent him to the ship. At first, they didn't know what they were supposed to do.
But when they arrived at "Balayamakan", they were stunned and numb when they saw the construction on the river in the distance and the appearance of the evil god from the Cthulhu pantheon!
"That monster in the deep sea was terrifying. It looked like a giant whale with arms. Don't you think it's a bit strange for a whale to have arms? But the scene was really too damn scary. It wasn't scary at all. My pants just got a little wet."
"...Stop being sarcastic, get the ship repaired!"
"Boom! Boom!"
The bombardment from the Imperial heavy artillery continued, the cannon barrels glowing red. The fourth-tier ship was already teetering on the brink of collapse. How could the other third-tier small boats possibly withstand the artillery bombardment? The two small boats behind them looked like they were about to capsize after each bombardment. One of the boats even appeared to have receded nearly 30 meters from where Bai Yue had seen them earlier!
"With such recoil and such a scheme, it would be truly inexcusable if Boss Su Yue still couldn't win..."
Gu Yu frowned, gazing worriedly into the distance.
Bai Yue's hammer was practically smoking from swinging it around. One minute he was on the deck, the next the ship was leaking. If it weren't for the excellent craftsmanship, extremely high density, and the abundance of metal screws and marine tenon and mortise joints for reinforcement, he estimated that the recoil from so many Imperial artillerymen would have caused it to fall apart long ago.
"It's leaking!!! Come quickly and fix the captain's cabin..."
"They're here! They're here!"
Gu Yu covered her forehead and swayed on the deck mast. On the one hand, she hadn't slept since dawn and didn't have Su Yue's vigorous energy and vitality... On the other hand, she was also a virgin.
The third thing is—she gets seasick!!
"vomit!!"
Gu Yu held onto the railing on the deck, while many of the imperial soldiers beside her also fell into a state of dizziness. The masts of the large ship rocked in the water, creating ripples and waves reflected in the moonlight in the night sky.
Meanwhile, the imperial rebel forces in the distance were suffering greatly.
"These idiots are attacking us!"
The Empire's scouts were dumbfounded when they saw the Canaanite artillery positions across the river, firing at them directly from the water!
"They're in the river!!"
Gu Yu said, "Move quickly, don't let the Empire's ranged units spot us, or we'll be in trouble."
"Damn it, firing at the enemy while we're moving?"
The small boat began drifting and firing along a tributary… The Imperial commander's face turned green… What to do? The boat was much faster than their two legs!!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The relentless bombardment offered no solution; the enemy was situated in the sea or on a vast river, extremely far from land. Unless the Imperial infantry attempted an armed swim, the horses and the swift currents and depth of the rivers made such a feat impossible…
Swim across?
How is that even possible?
Therefore, the only path left for them is to crush the resistance and attacks of the Canaanite territory.
"We've lost...we've lost, we've already lost!!"
A veteran mid-level officer of the Empire stared in shock at the impregnable Canaan territory: "Our target is not Canaan... They... Even if we defeat them now, we will not be able to achieve our strategic objective of capturing Zivel."
The shepherd in charge of relaying the message immediately conveyed the news from the Canaanite territory to the heretical pope through prayer and magic... The morale of the entire empire plummeted, despair and dark clouds loomed over them, as if their very existence had been a mistake from the start.
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